Juh. 



AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1588. 



himselfe that nowe by the meanes of Cardinall Allen, 



hee should be crowned king of England, and for that 



cause hee had resigned the governement of the Lowe 



countries unto Count Mansfeld the elder, x^^nd having 



made his vowes unto S. Mary of Hall in Renault 



The 28 of (whom he went to visite for his blind devotions sake) 



Juh. hee returned toward Bruges the 28. of July. 



The 29. of The next day travelling to Dunkerk hee heard the 



^^b' thundering Ordinance of either Fleet : and the same 



evening being come to Dixmud, hee was given to 



understand the hard successe of the Spanish Fleete. 



The 30. of Upon Tuesday which was the thirtieth of July, about 



hiah noone, hee came to Dunkerk, when as all the 



Spanish Fleete was now passed by : neither durst any 



of his ships in the meane space come foorth to assist 



the sayd Spanish Fleete for feare of five and thirtie 



warrelike ships of Holland and Zeland, which there 



kept watch and warde under the conduct of the 



Admirall Justin of Nassau. 



The foresayd five and thirtie shippes were furnished 

 with most cunning mariners and olde expert souldiers, 

 amongst the which were twelve hundred Musketiers, 

 whom the States had chosen out of all their garisons, 

 and whom they knew to have bene heretofore experienced 

 in sea-fights. 



This navie was given especially in charge not to suffer 

 anv shippe to come out of the Haven, nor to permit 

 any Zabraes, Pataches or other small vessels of the 

 Spanish Fleete (which were more likely to aide the 

 Dunkerkers) to enter thereinto, for the greater ships 

 were not to be feared by reason of the shallow sea in 

 that place. Howbeit the prince of Parma his forces 

 being as yet unreadie, were not come on boord his 

 shippes, onely the English Fugitives being seven 

 hundred in number under the conduct of Sir William 

 Stanlev, came in fit time to have bene embarked, because 

 they hoped to give the first assault against England. 

 The residue shewed themselves unwilling and loath to 



